The National Center on Education and the Economy’s (NCEE) Center on International Education Benchmarking has released two major reports on professional learning environments in top performing systems and the implications for school leaders, policymakers and the education profession in the United States:
Beyond PD: Teacher Professional Learning in High-Performing Systems
Developing Shanghai’s Teachers
Following the release of the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores, the conversation surrounding how to improve teaching and learning in the U.S. has gained traction. The findings detailed in Jensen and Zhang’s reports provide essential information on how the U.S. can learn from the top performing education systems by adapting those lessons for the U.S.’s context and culture.
Click here to watch video of the release event. The meeting featured three panel conversations with the leading voices in education from around the world. Expert panelists included:
How High-Performing Nations Treat Educators as Professionals, NEA Today Magazine, January 20, 2016
Making Sense of Global Comparisons in Education, The Educated Reporter (EWA), January 19, 2016
What high performing countries have to teach us about teacher training, Hechinger Report, January 15, 2016
What the US could learn from Singapore about making teachers better, VOX, January 15, 2016
How Turning Teachers Into Researchers Helps Shanghai Schools Thrive, Inside School Research (Edweek Blog), January 14, 2016
Lessons From Abroad on Professional Learning, Learning Forward’s PD Watch (Edweeek Blog), January 13, 2016